Method of making jewelry cases



' Jan. 12 1926.

J. R. SUNDEE METHOD OF MAKING JEWELRY CASES Filed Nov. 16, 1923 a Ike/021%);

Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

, UN T STATES PATENT orrica- JOHN RALPH sunnna, or BUFFALO, new YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro wARnRR JEWELRY cAsE COMPANY, or BUFFALO, new YORK, A coRrORArIon or new YO K,

METHOD or MAKING'JEWE'LRY CASES.

. Application filed November 16, 1923.. Serial No. 675,213,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. SUNDEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of 7 New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Jewelry Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved method of making jewelry boxes or cases of the type having a covering of velvet or similar material.

Its objects are to facilitate and expedite the operation of covering the box, to stretch the covering smoothly and neatly over the parts of the box-body without presenting scams or joints and to reduce the amount of waste material to a minimum.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a jewelry box constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the box. Figures 3 and 1 are perspective views of the rim section and 5 base section of the box, respectively, in their blank form. Figures 58 are tranverse sectional views showing the progressive steps of making the box-body.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The body of this improved box consists of a lower or base section 10 and an upper or rim section 11 attached thereto. Hinged or otherwise connected to said rim section is a suitable cover 12, the parts of the box being preferably stamped from sheet metal and of any desired shape or outline. The opposing or contacting portions of the body sections are cut out to form alining apertures 13, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to leave inwardly-extending attaching flanges 14 and 15 on the upper and lower sections of the box-body, respectively. The

upper section 11 is provided with an upright flange or rim 16. Extending over the upper side of the base-attaching flange 15 and around the bottom edges of the base section 10 is a covering 17 of velvet, leather or other suitable material, and extending over both sides of the rim 16 and the underside of the attaching flange 14 of the rim section 11 is a like covering 18. The box-cover 12 is provided with a similar covering 19.

These coverings may be glued or otherwise secured to the respective parts.

Any suitable means may be employed for fastening the upper and lower sections 10, 11, of the box-body together.- Those shown in the drawings, by way of example, consist of lips 20 punched out of the respective attaching flanges 14, 15, and clinched against the underside of the base-flange, as shown in Fig. 5.

For the purpose of concealing the raw edges of the covering, layers 21 of cardboard or similar material may be glued to the base and rim sections 10, 11 of the box-body. As is customary, the opposing faces of the latter, and the cover 12 are provided with an appropriate lining 22 of silk, velvet or like material.

The method employed for covering and joining the flanged-base and rim sectionsof the box-body is preferably as follows:

The base and rim sections are originally solid, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, instead of being cut out to form the apertures 13. In this state, these parts are independently covered with the desired material, as velvet, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. They are then brought together in the position shown in Fig. 7, after which they are permanently united by the lips 20, as illustrated in said figures. These parts are next simultaneously punched to form the apertures 13, as shown in Fig. 8, the purpose of which step is to" lighten the box and at the same time effect a saving in metal and covering material. The center pieces thus punched out can be utilized for making boxes of smaller sizes. This method of first covering the upper and lower sections of the box-body, while in their blank form and then cutting out their center portions, facilitates and expedites the covering operation and enables the velvet to be stretched smoothly over these parts, producing a neatand seamless covering.

By constructing the box-body of two metallic parts, the same can be readily stamped in fancy shapes ata comparatively small cost. This construction also permits the production of boxes in which the base projects beyond the rim of the box-body, as in the example shown in the drawings. Furthermore, this sectional body construction, with the two parts separately covered, has the advantage that the coverings of the parts may be of different colors, thereby producing attractive boxes which are particularly adapted for displaying jewelry.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of making a covered boX- body having a base-section and a rim-section, which consists in forming solid blanks for said sections, covering the blanks With a covering material, uniting the covered sections, and then cutting out the central portions of both of said sections.

2. The method of making a covered boxbody having a base-section and a rim-section, which consists in forming solid blanks for said sections, covering the blanks with a covering material, punching lips out of said sections and clinching them against the underside of the base-section to unite the sections, and then simultaneously cutting out the central portions of said sections to 20 leave inwardly-extending flanges thereon. JOHN RALPH SUNDEE. 

